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Norton by-election violence victim eventually gets justice
A NINETEEN-year-old girl, Natasha Bakaliya, who was kidnapped by alleged Zanu PF thugs, forced to change clothes in the presence of males and detained for hours at a Zanu PF base during a Norton...
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Externalisation: ‘Legal instruments needed to enforce, clarify amnesty’
FORMER finance minister Tendai Biti says President Emmerson Mnangagwa should have provided proper legal instruments to enforce and clarify the amnesty he granted those who illegally externalised funds...
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Zim election watchdogs concerned
ZIMBABWE’S election watchdogs are concerned that the country could hold its harmonised election without the alignment of electoral laws to the current constitution after some pre-electoral processes...
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Zim military chiefs’ North Korea visit raises eyebrows
THE United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the United States are closely watching the Zimbabwean government’s relations with North Korea after Harare sent a military delegation to the secretive...
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Mugabe manoeuvres infuriate Mnangagwa
FORMER President Robert Mugabe’s association with the newly formed National Patriotic Front (NPF) led by Retired Brigadier-General Ambrose Mutinhiri has infuriated President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the...
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High Court blocks gold mine grab
THE High Court has ordered the Ministry of Mines to stop granting mining rights to a Zanu PF legislator for Mbizo Vongaishe Mupereri after he violently attempted to seize a Kwekwe-based gold mining...
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Mnangagwa demands US$1bn war compensation from DRC
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last week took his election campaign begging bowl to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila, where the two leaders also discussed the political and...
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Failure to repay loans derail mega deals
ZIMBABWEAN government’s red tape and failure to adhere to loans repayments is impacting negatively on some of the “mega deals” signed in key economic areas between Zimbabwe and China. By Wongai...
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Gwanda solar project collapses
THE US$200 million Gwanda solar project has all but collapsed as controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has expressed fears that the fraud and corruption charges levelled against him by the...
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Crackdown on Mugabe escalates
SCORES of workers at former president Robert Mugabe’s vast Zvimba homestead and Highfield farm in Norton who were being paid by government have been relieved of their duties by President Emmerson...
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Mugabe speaks out on post-coup order
Mnangagwa betrayed me But I’m ready to engage FORMER president Robert Mugabe says he has no doubt in his mind that his dramatic toppling by the military last November in a turbulent week full of fire...
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… as Harare seeks debt relief
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has embarked on a diplomatic initiative with Britain and other creditors as the country seeks debt rescheduling and cancellation to improve its risk profile and credit...
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Companies dismiss externalisation claims
SOME companies making the top 10 list of firms and individuals accused by President Emmerson Mnangagwa of externalising US$1,3 billion have dismissed the allegations, while others say government...
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Illegal miners besiege Gaika Mine
ILLEGAL miners have continued engaging in mining activities at a unit of Duration Gold based in Kwekwe despite a court order outlawing the activities, it has emerged. Staff Writer. Early this month the...
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MDC-T national chairman resigns
MDC-T national chairman Lovemore Moyo has resigned, citing what he said was the party’s deviation from its founding principles and values. By Nkululeko Sibanda Moyo, who at one time served as Speaker...
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BREAKING: Justice Gwaunza appointed DCJ
SUPREME Court judge Elizabeth Gwaunza will today be sworn in as deputy chief justice, completing the full structure of the judiciary and ending months of speculation. By Wongai Zhangazha Gwaunza will...
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Renewed fight over Telecel control
A RENEWED ownership wrangle has erupted over the country’s third-largest mobile network operator, Telecel Zimbabwe, following the return of self-exiled businessman and co-founder James Makamba after 12...
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Air Zimbabwe scandal deepens
THE dodgy project involving Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) and new airline Zimbabwe Airways is getting murkier, amid allegations that some senior government officials are deliberately sabotaging the debt-ridden...
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Dabengwa tackles Gukurahundi head on
FORMER president Robert Mugabe, in an interview with the Zimbabwe Independent a fortnight ago, laid the blame of the Gukurahundi atrocities on the former Zapu leadership which was then led by the late...
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Gukurahundi victim: ‘Why I’m against public hearings’
FOR Charles Thomas, an ex-Zipra activist, the five days between February 3 and 8 1983, will remain etched in his mind forever. By Silas Nkala These are the days when Thomas came face-to-face with the...
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